obligor
One who owes
An obligor is someone bound by a legal or contractual obligation—the party who owes a duty, debt, or performance to another.
The term appears in contracts, bonds, and financial instruments: The obligor failed to make the required payments.
The counterpart, the one to whom the obligation is owed, is the obligee.
One who takes temporarily
- promisorOne legally bound to deliver
- debtorOne who owes
- guarantorOne pledging another's obligation
- suretyBacker of obligation
covenant · signatory · commitment · undertaking · binding · obligee · counterparty · principal
One who receives credit
- mortgagorOne pledging real estate
- bondholderOne who owns debt securities
- noteholderOne owed repayment
- creditorOne owed money
lender · interest · principal · repayment · amortization · installment · collateral · default
Obligated to explain oneself
- answerableLiable to account
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
- boundSecured or destined
- duty-boundMorally required to act
obligated · encumbered · indebted · beholden · chargeable · subject · amenable · culpable
Party facing charges
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- litigationLegal dispute process
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
counsel · attorney · affidavit · deposition · testimony · injunction · subpoena · verdict
borrower
One who takes temporarily
surety · covenant · signatory · commitment · undertaking · binding · obligee · counterparty · principal · covenant
loanee
One who receives credit
- mortgagorOne pledging real estate
- bondholderOne who owns debt securities
- noteholderOne owed repayment
creditor · lender · interest · principal · repayment · amortization · installment · collateral · default · indebtedness
accountable
Obligated to explain oneself
- answerableLiable to account
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
- boundSecured or destined
duty-bound · obligated · encumbered · indebted · beholden · chargeable · subject · amenable · culpable · exposed
defendant
Party facing charges
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- litigationLegal dispute process
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
liability · counsel · attorney · affidavit · deposition · testimony · injunction · subpoena · verdict · appellant
- contractsbinding contracts, contract length, lease, clause, contract terms
- contract partiesparty, counterparty, signatory, buyer, seller
- guaranteesguarantee, warranty, guaranty, pledge, oath
- legal partiesassignee, assignor, creditor, debtor, beneficiary
- loan partiesborrower, lender, cosigner, creditor, debtor
- support lawchild support, alimony, spousal support, child maintenance, family support
- social obligationRequired interpersonal duty
- much obligedExpression of gratitude
- familial obligationsDuties owed to relatives
- no obligationNo requirement to act
- moral obligationEthics-based required action
- family obligationsResponsibilities toward one's relatives
obliging, obligation, oblige, obligatory, obliged, obligations, obligate, nonobligatory, obligatorily